HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND DISTANCE EDUCATION: HOW ARE INTERACTIVITY AND INTERACTION ARTICULATED?
Universidade Paulista (BRAZIL)
About this paper:
Appears in:
ICERI2011 Proceedings
Publication year: 2011
Pages: 2296-2305
ISBN: 978-84-615-3324-4
ISSN: 2340-1095
Conference name: 4th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation
Dates: 14-16 November, 2011
Location: Madrid, Spain
Abstract:
In today's world, the achievements of technology have not been sufficient to overcome the misery, in which are numerous human groups. Relegated to the background, the human being sees those scenarios, which brings out discussions about the formation of the human being, in which values are regarded as the scientific and technological aspects. The educational research inspired by this framework involving the theme of human development, update and reframe concepts related to the linkage between interactivity and interaction, two important features present in the process of Distance Educational (DE). The survey inquired about how these features have been articulated. We conducted a field study in which two teachers were interviewed. The results showed that the integration between interactivity and interaction, involving aspects such as autonomy, critical consciousness, relationships between students, sharing values and worldviews, is at the base of the educational processes of the DE. They also showed that, on this processes, there are shortcomings regarding the development of values and having to be thought the tutor training strategies from an interdisciplinary view. Keywords:
Distance learning, Human development, Interactivity/interaction, Philosophy of education.